In yesterday’s post, I talked about the qualities of the luxurious yarn, Fawning, by UNIVERSAL YARN in colorway Elemental. I also talked about the swatch I knitted using 3 different sizes of KNITTER’S PRIDE LANTERN MOON needles. It’s time to get a pattern that will showcase the beauty and quality of this yarn.
The Streamline Pullover pattern by Rachel Brockman was written for this yarn; it’s simple yet elegant with sophisticated and discreet construction elements. It’s a top-down pattern, and the few accents will highlight the beauty of the yarn.
My project this week: the Streamline Pullover
It’s a free pattern with just what I need for my project.
Reading the pattern before starting the work gives me useful information:
- The pattern comes in a variety of sizes, and I can choose the one that will fit me.
- The swatch is measured after blocking.
- The list of notions includes two lengths of the needles, the smaller size will be used to knit small circumferences like the sleeves and the neck.
- There is some shaping along the hemline which uses short rows, and the recommended method is the “double stitch” method, aka German short rows method.
I’ll knit the Pullover in size M.
It’s time to soak my swatch and block it before measuring so I can choose the needles and start working.
Alpaca yarn dries quite fast; I measured and found out that I must use US 4 [3.5 mm] KNITTER’S PRIDE LANTERN MOON Destiny circular needles to have the same number of stitches per inch as indicated in the swatch.
The KNITTER’S PRIDE The Mindful Markers will help me keep track of the pattern.
Here’s a snapshot of the pattern notes for the pullover:
Pattern notes for the Streamline Pullover pattern
I’m ready to start.
I started knitting the back. It’s a pleasant knit; the yarn feels good and knits up fast. The Mindful stitch markers help me keep track of the pattern details. I pick up stitches for the fronts and knit the two fronts up to the point where I connect the front and back.
The knitted back and the fronts of the Streamline Pullover
Join me tomorrow as I continue knitting the Streamline Pullover in the delightful UNIVERSAL YARN Fawning yarn in the colorway Elemental.
This is part 2 of 5 in this series
Go back to part 1: Knitting Luxury | a soft and elegant sweater with UY Fawning
Go to part 3: Knitting the Streamline Pullover | short rows shaping, knit, and purls
